Achenomorphus Corticinus

Over the past two weeks I had been collecting A. corticinus (paederine rove beetle) specimens that kept frequenting a wet towel in my basement bathroom. It would be a little too dark, cold and damp down there for me, but they seemed to like it enough. I haven't seen any more of them so I assume that they've all been either caught by myself or crushed by my counterpart girlfriend Shauna.

After the two weeks, I had collected 9 specimens ranging in size from ~4-7 mm with elytra ranging from black to brown to red. I was keeping them in a tub that I had received with my mealworm beetles from our local petstore with a handful of leaf-litter from my front lawn. My original intent was to bring them to my Biology instructor who said that we could use them in our invertebrate lab.

To my dismay they expired before I actually had a chance to get them to the school! I'm not sure why either, it is quite the mystery. Just my luck I guess.

I still ended up bringing them, and hopefully my instructor will preserve them.

I should probably get some ethanol so I can begin preserving things myself...